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" It's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court. "
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court
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Court
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" If you want to influence people, you want them to accept your suggestions, you don't say, 'You don't know how to use the English language,' or 'How could you make that argument?' It will be welcomed much more if you have a gentle touch than if you are aggressive. "
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" My biographers... would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided... to flip the order. "
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" Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. "
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" A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process. "
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" At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea. "
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" She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me. "
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" Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. "
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" Dissents speak to a future age. "
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" The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step. "
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" I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand, they have no constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work for them who don't share that belief. "
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" The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous. "
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" When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. "
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" I thought 'Heller' was a very bad decision. "
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Decision
Thought
" In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing. "
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" I always thought that there was nothing an antifeminist would want more than to have women only in women's organizations, in their own little corner empathizing with each other and not touching a man's world. "
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Thought
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" The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. "
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" When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. It wasn't realistic until Jimmy Carter became our president. "
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School
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" Anybody who has been discriminated against, who comes from a group that's been discriminated against, knows what it's like. "
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" It won't happen. It would be an impossible dream. But I'd love to see 'Citizens United' overruled. "
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Impossible
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" The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now-ancient days, were of the same race and sex. "
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" If you just needed the skills to pass the bar, two years would be enough. But if you think of law as a learned profession, then a third year is an opportunity for, on the one hand, public service and practice experience, but on the other, also to take courses that round out the law that you didn't have time to do. "
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" Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court. "
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" Not a law firm in the entire city of New York bid for my employment as a lawyer when I earned my degree. "
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" At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child. "
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" I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law. "
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" Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women: policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes. "
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Goal
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" My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn't have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. "
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" Whatever final judgment awaits 'Bush v. Gore' in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair. "
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" Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. "
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